Cranberry / Cranberry
Common name (s) : Cranberry, cranberry cranberry, bilberry, atoca, ataca.
: Vaccinium macrocarpon, Vaccinium oxyccocos, Ericaceae family.
Cranberries were used by Native Americans to help various disorders of the digestive system, as well as to limit and help the risk of infections of the urinary tract, kidneys, blood and liver. Europeans who colonized North America quickly understood the health benefits of cranberries and adopted them for their medicinal properties and culinary uses.
It was in the mid-19th century that the Germans helped spread the use of cranberries to prevent and help the risk of infections.
